A bipartisan group is hosting a fundraiser for Weir next Tuesday at the home of Mary Kay Hogan, the legislative liaison for former Gov. Bill Ritter. Weir served as Ritter’s head of the Colorado Department of Public Safety.

Ritter’s a Democrat. So is Hogan.

“I don’t even know the Democrat running in this race,” she said. “Pete’s wonderful. I’ve know him since he was a deputy district attorney in Jeffco and I was a law student so I’m really dating myself.”

No Democrat has announced yet, according to the secretary of state.

Weir currently is the senior chief deputy district attorney under DA Scott Storey, who leaves office next year because of term limits. Weir also has been a District Court judge and director of the Colorado District Attorneys’ Council.

Joey Bunch has been a reporter for 28 years, including the last 12 at The Denver Post. For various newspapers he has covered the environment, water issues, politics, civil rights, sports and the casino industry.